"The Sick Rose"

This is a very depressing poem. I am not sure exactly what it is about. But it is obviously about death. The poem starts with saying the rose is sick. Also the line "crimson joy" which has been interpreted as a link to human death. or literally it means a rich deep color inclining to purple. Which may be expressing something dieing. This is because as a rose dies its rich read color disappears and becomes a purple color. This poem could also be referring to something sexual. As a rose is often used to express something that is beautiful and is often associated with love. But even though there is the reference to the rose words like dark, howling storm, sick and destroy tell us that it is not a happy poem.

"To His Coy Mistress"

This poem is about a man and a woman. The man is obviously in love with the woman but she does not know how she feels about him. This poem is his response to her hesitance. There seems to be a limited amount of time that she has to decide as the man says "time's winged chariot".

"Death, Be Not Poud"

in this poem i feel that the author is making fun of death. It seems as though he is facing death and is telling it that he is not scared of it that it is fate. He calls it mighty and dreadful as to give it respect but it seems that he does not respect death. He says that it can not kill him and he kind of compares to rest and sleep saying it brings him much pleasures.

"My Papa's Waltz"

I like this short poem. I thought it was about a young boy and has father who were just spending time together. I thought that the young boy in this story was Theodore Roethke, i thought that he was recalling some of his childhood. I thought that this seemed to be a "happy" poem. Since it starts of being kindof comical. there was a time when i thought that his father was being abusive but after reading it a second time i knew that this was a joyful memory that a boy had with his father.

"A Streetcar Named Desire"

this is a story about a woman named Blanche, who goes to visit her sister. her sisters husband is very suspicious of Blanche wondering why she has to come live with them and has all those expensive items in her suitcase but can not afford to get a hotel room. she tell them that she is broke and has no money and that she has lost the family home. also it is clear that she has many problems one being she seems to be an alcoholic. This is obvious by how they she acts when she is drinking with Stella. she says that she should stop before she cant "control herself". Also she seems to know how to get her way with men and she tries to get Mitch, Stella's friend to marry her. but this falls through when Mitch hears about her past. It is also obvious that during this time is was considered ok for a man to beat his wife. Stella's husband repeatedly beat and hit his wife throughout the play.